Donald Insall

Sir Donald William Insall is a British architect, conservationist and author, who has been described as "one of the leading conservation architects of his generation". He is the founder of the architectural, conservation and architectural consultancy practice, Donald Insall Associates.

Early life

Insall was born on 7 February 1926 in Bristol, where he attended Bristol Grammar School. He served in the Coldstream Guards during the Second World War and qualified in architecture at the Royal West of England Academy School of Architecture, now part of the University of Bristol. He then studied at the Royal Academy and the School of Planning. ==Career==

Career

Insall worked with the London architects, Phillimore and Jenkins. both men having been Lethaby Scholars of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1950. ==Honours==

Honours

In the 1995 New Year Honours, Insall was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to conservation. In recognition of his conservation work in Chester, Insall received the honorary freedom of the City of Chester in 1999. ==Personal life==

Personal life

Insall lives on Kew Green in Kew, south west London. He and his wife Libby He is a life member of the Royal Photographic Society which he joined in 1949. On 7 February 2026, he celebrated his 100th birthday. == Publications ==

Publications

• The Care of Old Buildings, report (1957) • Chester: A Study in Conservation (1968) • The Care of Old Buildings Today: A Practical Guide (Architectural Press, 1972) • Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice (Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2008 and 2018) == Selected projects ==

Selected projects

• Windsor Castle restoration following the 1992 Windsor Castle fire • Palace of Westminster • Cross Bath, Bath, Somerset, refurbished in the 1990s • Somerset House • Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare • Plumpton Place • Wotton House • Chester Conservation Plan • Kedleston Hall • Kelmscott Manor • Chevening, Kent • Goldsmiths' Hall, London • Mansion House, London • Somerset House, London • The Holme, Regents Park, London • The Vyne, Hampshire • Croft Castle, Herefordshire • Berrington Hall, Herefordshire • Speke Hall, Liverpool • Trafalgar Square paving, London • Queen Mother Memorial, The Mall, London ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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